The city of Palm Springs in California has approved $200,000 to advance a pilot program that would provide a guaranteed universal basic income for individuals who identify as transgender or non-binary or are a member of the LGBTQ community. As part of the program, recipients would receive up to $900... Read More »
Seattle's King County and the City of Kirkland are being sued by a community group, Keep Kids Safe, after the county purchased a hotel with the intent to convert it into permanent public housing. The lawsuit was filed in late March in Snohomish County. The hotel at the center of... Read More »
A Florida-based wind and energy company has been sentenced to probation and ordered to pay over $8 million in restitution and fines for the death of at least 150 Eagles over the past decade. ESI Energy, a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources LLC, has pleaded guilty to three violations of... Read More »
City officials in Los Angeles announced a settlement agreement that promises to implement additional housing for the homeless population throughout the city. The settlement would help house an estimated 60% of the area's homeless population. The federal lawsuit which was brought forward by the LA Alliance for Human Rights names... Read More »
The October 2021 shooting at Park City Center Mall in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, is the center of a recently-filed lawsuit by a mother and daughter who were injured during the shooting. According to a local outlet, Lancaster Online, the mother and daughter duo filed their lawsuit in the Lancaster County Court... Read More »
It wasn’t an April Fools’ Day joke. By a vote of 220 to 204, including “yeas” from three Republicans, the House of Representatives passed the 89-page Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Empowerment Act (MORE) on April 1. MORE would decriminalize cannabis at the Federal level. Although it has garnered support from... Read More »
Four customers have filed a lawsuit against Burger King over claims that the fast-food chain has been falsely advertising the size of its burgers to consumers. The plaintiffs are seeking to have their complaint become a class-action suit so that it can represent all customers who dined at the restaurant... Read More »
The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to hear a challenge to California’s Proposition 12, the Farm Animal Confinement Bill passed back in 2018. The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) and the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF), the plaintiffs in the suit, argue that the amendment is unconstitutional based on the... Read More »
National seafood chain Long John Silver’s has agreed to pay $200,000 in addition to other relief to settle sexual harassment allegations brought forward by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The lawsuit was brought by the EEOC on June 25, 2021. In it, the complaint detailed claims that a teenage... Read More »
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) introduced three initiatives late last month to tackle the rising processing backlogs for work permits. The new rule includes a new internal cycle time goal, an expansion of premium processing services, and an improvement in access to Employment Authorization Documents. The expansion of... Read More »
The popular gaming company Riot Games has announced that it will pay $100 million to settle a 2018 class-action discrimination lawsuit with California state agencies and current female employees. The settlement is with the California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE) and the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing... Read More »
The city of Aurora, Colorado has settled with Elijah McClain’s family after 23-year-old Elijah McClain died at the hands of police officers in 2019. The city of Aurora has agreed to pay $15 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the McClain family after Elijah’s death. The settlement was reached... Read More »
Hiding behind the myths of voter fraud and stolen elections, 27 states have introduced over 250 bills this year that pose new challenges to the right to vote, especially for people of color. These efforts come on the tail of the 19 discriminatory voting rights bills that passed in 33... Read More »
A complaint filed in federal court in San Jose, California, accuses tech giant Google of systemic bias against Black employees. The lawsuit was filed by former employee April Curley. The complaint details that Curley, who is a Black woman, was hired on for an entry-level position despite having over five... Read More »
The legislative history of current law, contemporary morals, and the increasingly widespread legalization of marijuana led two out of three judges on the Ninth Circuit to rule that a petitioner’s request for review of her deportation order from the Board of Immigration Appeals, for selling and transporting less than two... Read More »
